Japan has a way of making you desire cute things. Yeah, even way more than I expected.
I am obsessed with the 豆しば character(s). (In english: mame-shiba). Basically the main character is an edamame bean crossed with a dog. So it's a bean, with cute little nose and ears. Yeah, I know. But it's adorable.
Don't believe me? Check out the website:
http://dogatch.jp/special/mameshiba/top.html Of course there are all sorts of variations on the theme... including different beans or bean-like items: jellybeans, peanuts, natto, peas.... it's mind-numbingly cute. AAAAhhh.....
(this page has all the little videos ... which show up as tv commercials sometimes:
http://dogatch.jp/special/mameshiba/movie.html )